Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hampers Ferry Letter.
HARrER,s FERRY. Dec.


We never miss the water till the
we'll runs dry, has beensfelt here for
some time. The scarcity of water
has compelled persons to haul il from
the rivers for culinary purposes.
The usual holiday entertainments
for the children are in preparation;
That of the NJ. E. S. School will4take
place the Tuesday evening after
Christmas, the Lutheran the evening
before or Christmas Eye At Hall-
town the young people have lin re-
hearsal an entertainment to consist of
musics. charades and tableaux, which
will be worth more than the price of
admission. 1t comes off Monday and
Tuesday evenings after Christmas.
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein our Sayiour's birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singeth all night long
And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets
strike.
So hallow'd and SO gracious'is the time. 8
shakespeare.
LDlCHRIsTMAs. z
"Comfort the poor-and then you may
Welcome with joy old Christmas day"
And now for q little confidence
entire, nous. We are to have we'd
dings before We write 1888. Some
one has pertinently or impertinently
saidthat girls marry to keep their mai
den names from being written upon
their tombstones-well what the men
marry for is aconundrum. In Anglo
Saxon marriages the father delivered
the brides shoe to the bridegroom
and the bridegroom touches the bride
on the head with it to show his au-
thority.
Allow me to digress a little. I saw
an account of the Brown raid copied
from the North american ReUie,u
from the pen of 1t: Israel Green who
was sent hereby the order of Sec.i
War to report to report to Robert E.
Lee then (Col.) 1t. Green makes a
few mistakes: the engine house he
describes as being of stone, it is of
brick (what is left of it). OF the
twelve marines under him who
stormed the engine house he says he
knows nothing. The n who was
killed by 'sOssawatomie" is buried
here in the Catholic graveyard. He
only knew one of the prisoners, Mr..
Lewis Washington. Mr.. John All
stadt has a very vivid recollection of
Browns surrender. for whenLt Green
used his sabre on John Brown he gave
Mr.. "A touch with it,, and left him
minus a hat. The gallant 1t. gener-
ously offered him another chapeau
when hostilities ceased. The ac-
counts of hat raid have generally
been one sided. When the insur-
gents were driven in the engine house
before the u. S. marines arrived
here, Samuel Young of your town re-
ceived a wound and a young man
named Mr.. Gale of this place. No
mention has been made of them
Mr.. Young, prior to his death. received
a pension from, the State of Va, the
same as Mrs. Bridget O.. Boerly of
this place, the widow of Thomas o.
Boerly who was killed at the raid
/ do not think it was known that Ste
.phheeHRs and Browns son we're sent to
burn the railroad bridge (B. & o..
Stephens was wounded and Browns
son also. The latter was told by his
father TO get up and do his duty
that his wound was only a scratch.
He did his duty by killing Mr.. Beck
hem. My father, a prisoner, gave
this man dying when firing on Mr..
Beckham) adrink of water, verifying.
the scripture "that if your enemy
thirst give him drink"
Well, now, hoping you may be a
boy again on Christmas day,
l am yours,